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Ener1 has half-dozen electric vehicle, PHEV announcements up its sleeve

Ener1 has a long-standing partnership with Think and, earlier this year, announced it would work with Nissan on plug-in vehicles. During a conference call to discuss third quarter earnings, Charles Gassenheimer, Ener1's chairman and chief executive officer, said that U.S. automakers are "finally" starting to get into the plug-in spirit. Hinting that big things are in store for his company, Gassenheimer said, "I think the next five or six announcements we're going to make are all on the PHEV, EV side." This isn't a total surprise – ... Read more →

Ener1 invades Europe; totally cool, though Domenick Yoney

The fact that many of the emerging electric vehicles are from European companies, as demonstrated at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, has not been lost on the company behind Enerdel's lithium ...

Rumormill: Volvo building secret C30 EV? Jeremy Korzeniewski

We know for sure that Volvo is in the midst of developing a new plug-in hybrid hybrid version of its V70 wagon using an electric motor to power the rear wheels and a diesel engine to power the ...

Obama announces battery grants: Big Three, Michigan, li-ion companies come out winners Sebastian Blanco

At the closed and then re-openend Monaco Recreational Vehicle plant in Indiana today, President Obama will announce exactly how $2.4 billion in Recovery Act grant money will be spent on advanced ...

Ener1/EnerDel expands electric vehicle partnerships with Nissan, Think Sebastian Blanco

Ener1 this morning announced a new partnership with Nissan Motor Company to research and develop "a new generation of electrical conductive material intended to reduce cost and improve the ...

Ener1 to supply batteries for Volvo PHEV, what about Th!nk? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Volvo is building several plug-in hybrid prototypes of its V70 station wagon to begin field tests this fall in Europe. The cars are using lithium ion battery packs that will be supplied by Indiana-based Ener1. The 11.3 kWh packs will provide 31 miles of electric driving range through the rear ...

EnerDel gets $3.3 million to make safer lithium batteries with Argonne 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

It has not been a quiet year for Indianapolis-based EnerDel, the li-ion battery subsidiary of Ener1. Senator Evan Bayh spoke at the commissioning of EnerDel's li-ion battery plant in May. Back in March, Ener1 discussed its "$480 million in 10 year financing to expand the first large scale ...

Ener1 developing fuel cells for use as range extenders 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Apparently, even a battery company can hedge its bets on future automotive powertrain technology. Such is the case with Ener1, which held its first quarter earnings call yesterday. We've regularly covered updates from Ener1's lithium ion battery subsidiary, EnerDel, which just last week announced a ...

New plant will make litium ion battery packs in Indiana, Senator Evan Bayh to speak at commissioning Friday 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Tomorrow at noon near Indianapolis, Senator Evan Bayh will speak at EnerDel's plant for the commissioning of "the country's first commercial-scale production line for lithium-ion automotive battery packs." Expect lots of smiling faces when Bayh helps cut the ceremonial ribbon for the line. EnerDel ...

Putin's pal's ownership stake raises questions about Ener1 DOE loan 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Aside from the environmental argument for moving away from imported fuels toward electric-powered transportation, the case is often made that energy independence is important for national security. Charles Gassenheimer, CEO of Ener1, whose Enerdel subsidiary makes the lithium ion batteries that ...

Ener1 gives upbeat conference call, talks about Th!nk deal 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ener1 is an energy company with some products powering alternative fuel cars. Specifically, some EnerDel (Ener1's lithium-ion battery company) batteries are in the Th!nk City electric cars that we've heard so much about these last two days. During a conference call yesterday afternoon, Ener1 ...

Ener1 and Itochu agree to sell li-ion batteries in Japan 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ener1, which has full control of the EnerDel li-ion battery company, is not only looking at partnerships in Europe (that Th!nk deal). Ener1 announced today that is broadening its relationship with ITOCHU, a Japanese company through an memorandum of understanding that should see Ener1 batteries ...

Th!nk still has pulse, Ener1 to purchase stake, may build in U.S. 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

After its virtual collapse last month, there are now renewed signs of life at Norwegian EV maker Th!nk. Ener1 Group Inc., which owns 57 percent of U.S. battery maker Ener1, is one of the investors in Th!nk and Ener1 had been set to supply Th!nk with lithium ion battery packs for its City car, as ...

Think hints that Norwegian government aid might be coming after all 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Th!nk story is moving fast. To read what's been happening with a possible Th!nk bankruptcy and/or bailout, click here, work your way up from the bottom of the page, then come back. OK. All set? Here's the latest: According to the New York Times, the rumors that the Norwegian government will ...

Ener1: Think's possible bankruptcy not a problem. Yet 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

After the news yesterday that Norwegian electric car maker Th!nk could go out of business, we wondered how EnerDel was taking the news. To find out, we called Charles Gassenheimer, Chairman and CEO of Ener1, and asked how the Th!nk news might affect his company. After all, EnerDel has a $70 ...

EDTA 2008: EnerDel's Th!nk City 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

In the back corner of the EDTA Conference last week was the EnerDel booth featuring the prototype Th!nk City with EnerDel's lithium battery pack. We chatted with Ener1 Chairman and CEO Charles Gassenheimer about the car, the battery packs and the future (Ener1 owns EnerDel). Gassenheimer told ...

Ener sells batteries to major Euro auto maker and Tier 1 OEM 12 months ago on Autoblog Green

There may be a lot of people wearing frowns in corporate America today but we are happy to report such is not the case over at lithium ion battery maker, Ener1. Their 3rd quarter conference call seemed to have only two kinds of news; good and gooder more good. Example? They have doubled the revenue ...

Ener1 get factory, engineering help with acquisition of Enertech Intl 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ener1, the company behind Th!nk battery supplier, Enerdel, has just bought an 83 per cent majority stake of conveniently-named Enertech International. The South Korean lithium-ion battery maker was part of the Saehan Group, which was spun out of the Samsung Group. The company has a facility in ...

EnerDel gets $4 million from the Feds for military li-ion battery 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ener1 CEO and Chairman Charles Gassenheimer certainly isn't afraid to talk up the li-ion battery work that battery subsidiary EnerDel is doing. It looks like the U.S. federal government is also willing to get behind the lithium-ion research going on in Indianapolis. The U.S. Department of Defense ...

Ener1 CEO paints rosy future for li-ion battery technology 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge Ener1 has been in the news quite a bit these last few weeks, and new CEO (and former and current Chairman) Charles Gassenheimer thought it prudent to write a letter to shareholders about the current status of the company and the future of li-ion batteries in the automotive market. ...

Ener1: Lithium ion battery prices may be cut in half 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just the other day we were asking ourselves if the price of the most expensive component of electric cars, the lithium ion batteries, will ever come down. As if to answer our query Charles Gassenheimer, Chief Executive over at battery maker Ener1, has come back with the answer we hoped to hear. ...

EnerDel ramping up battery production to supply Th!nk 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more shots of the Th!nk Ox and City Th!nk Global recently hired a new President and COO named Richard Canny who had previously been Ford's Worldwide Director of Strategic Planning (details in the Th!nk release after the break). It didn't take too long for Canny to announce that ...

Indiana offers Ener1 $7 million for new clean car tech jobs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The EnerDel li-ion battery company continues charging ahead in Indiana. The company got a visit from governor Mitch Daniels today at its Indianapolis location and the big news for EnerDel is that the Indiana Economic Development Corporation has offered the company up to $7.125m in ...

Ener1 takes full control of EnerDel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There are changes in EnerDel/Ener1 land. Yesterday, Ener1 said it would be moving its headquarters to New York City. Today, in a more important announcement, Ener1 said that it has taken complete control of EnerDel, Ener1's li-ion battery subsidiary, by buying some equity interest away from former ...

EnerDel update from chairman Charles Gassenheimer 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We spoke with Ener1 Chairman Charles Gassenheimer back in December at the EVS23 expo and at the time he was quite bullish on his company's prospects for 2008. So far this year, there has been quite a bit of good news for the company. Ener1's li-ion battery subsidiary, EnerDel, put a lithium-ion ...

EnerDel puts a lithium-ion pack in a Th!nk City EV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

EnerDel, the li-ion battery subsidiary of Ener1, announce today that a "fully functional lithium-ion battery pack" is currently operational in a Th!nk City electric vehicle in Indianapolis. Ener1 has a large and growing facility in Indianapolis, and it's no secret that Norwegian company Th!nk will ...

Ener1 raises $29.7m, Indianapolis facility will grow 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

EnerDel is the battery division of Ener1, an energy storage solutions company. EnerDel's batteries can currently be found in a plug-in Prius and a Th!nk City. The parent company announced today that it has raised $29.7m worth of equity capital through something called a Warrant Exercise. The influx ...

Argonne Lab tests EnerDel-equipped plug-in Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

EnerDel's lithium-titanate battery has been independently tested by the Center for Transportation Research of the Illinois-based Argonne National Laboratory. For the tests, a stock Toyota Prius had its nickel metal hydride battery pack replaced with a new 1kWh lithium ion unit from EnerDel. No ...

EnerDel testing lithium-ion battery in a Th!nk City 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Want one of the all-electric Th!nk City cars powered by a lithium-ion battery? You're one step closer today than yesterday thanks to an announcement by EnerDel, the battery division of Ener1, that it has delivered the first mechanical prototype of the lithium-ion battery pack to Th!nk for form and ...

Ener1 chairman says lithium-ion batteries coming to market in 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At EVS23, AutoblogGreen had a chance to speak with the chairman of Ener1, Inc., Charles Gassenheimer, about his company's batteries and the future of Enerdel's lithium-ion batteries in automotive applications. He told us then that "We think 2008 is going to be a very exciting year for us." Now we ...

EVS23 videos: Ener1's lithium-ion Prius, details on Killacycle crash 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Electric car advocate and vlogger Doug Korthof has posted several videos from EVS23, including the video above, which is a look at Ener1's lithium-ion Prius. Doug asked Ener1 fairly technical questions, so if you are interested in things like the top of the discharge curve, the above video is just ...

EVS23: Enerdel's "end-to-end" lithium solution for hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the announcements from EVS23 was from Ener1, the company behind the EnerDel lithium power systems. On the showroom floor, Ener1 was displaying a Prius they have converted with the EnerDel battery packs, a move that even attracted positve comments from Toyota representatives. I stopped by and ...

Ener1 first to integrate lithium-ion battery into HEV (explains the difference between HEV and PHEV batteries to me) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In October, we noticed a Prius in an Ener1 video and predicted Ener1 was working on a plug-in Prius. Later, we read in SEC files that Ener1 would show a demonstration car in December and questioned if the Prius was that car. Turns out we were right, almost. That car in the video did use Ener1's ...

Ener1 shuffles management in preparation of battery commercialization 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ener1, the battery company that just might change everything, shuffled management in preparation of a greater commercial push of its lithium ion battery and fuel cell technology. The changes in management, listed in full in the press release below the fold, comes just a few weeks after Ener1 signed ...

Everything you ever wanted to know about Ener1's batteries 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you were planning on breaking into Ener1 headquarters to steal secret papers about their super batteries, put away the ninja outfit. Ener1 is a public company, and slides they plan to use in investor presentations October and November, were filed with the SEC today and will be available at the ...

BREAKING: Ener1 and Th!nk sign the largest contract for lithium-ion batteries in automotive history 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ener1Del has signed a deal with Think Global, the makers of the Th!nk city car, to become the supplier of choice for lithium-ion batteries. Under a development agreement between Ener1 and Think, Ener1 will deliver production prototypes to Think in March 2008 and pre-production parts (valued at $1.4 ...

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